Republicans hypocritical on Libya

Iím sick and tired of all these Republicans screaming about Benghazi, Libya. True, four Americans were tragically killed in that terrorist attack, but how is President Obama to blame? The Republican-controlled Congress cut funding for embassy security.

Do they forget about the 1983 Beirut, Lebanon, U.S. Marine barracks bombing, where the Marines were not allowed to have bullets in their guns while on watch? Two hundred and twenty U.S. Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors, and three U.S. Army soldiers died that day, while Ronald Reagan was president, and they re-elected Reagan. My college friend, U.S. Marine Capt. Michael Haskell, died that day.

Do they choose to ignore the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, where thousands of Americans were killed ó while George W. Bush was president? President Bush ignored intelligence warnings about airplanes, and later started an unnecessary war in Iraq, where thousands of more Americans died. The Republicans re-elected him, too.

So letís add it up. The Republicans are screaming about the tragic deaths of four Americans in Libya, but they didnít scream about the deaths of 241 Americans in Lebanon, or the thousands of dead Americans on Sept. 11, 2001, and in Iraq. The difference? Lebanon and Sept. 11 happened under Republican presidents.